Provincial Council of Groningen

Provincial Council of Groningen
Provincial Council of Groningen
Type
Type	Provincial council
Leadership
President	René Paas (CDA)
Secretary	Nettie Engels-van Nijen
Structure
Seats	43
Political groups	Government (25) GL (6); PvdA (5); CU (4); VVD (4); CDA (3); D66 (3); Opposition (18) SP (4); GB (3); FvD (2); PVV (2); PvhN (2); PvdD (1); 50+ (1); BVNL (1); OG (1); GO (1);
Elections
Last election	15 March 2023
Meeting place
	Meeting place of the Provincial Council of Groningen in Groningen (city)

The Provincial Council of Groningen (Dutch: Provinciale Staten van Groningen, pronounced [proːvɪɲˈɕaːlə ˈstaːtə(ɱ) vɑŋ ˈɣroːnɪŋə(n)]), also known as the States of Groningen, is the provincial council of Groningen, Netherlands. It forms the legislative body of the province. Its 43 seats are distributed every four years in provincial elections.

Current composition

Since the 2023 provincial elections, the distribution of seats of the Provincial Council of Groningen has been as follows:


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Farmer-Citizen Movement	67,744	23.54	12	+12
	Labour Party	28,705	9.98	5	0
	GroenLinks	27,767	9.65	5	-1
	Christian Union	18,170	6.31	3	-1
	Groninger Interest	17,385	6.04	3	0
	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	16,289	5.66	2	-2
	Socialist Party	15,952	5.54	2	–2
	Democrats 66	15,464	5.37	2	–1
	Party for the Animals	14,421	5.01	2	+1
	Party for Freedom	13,478	4.68	2	0
	Christian Democratic Appeal	11,712	4.07	2	–1
	Volt	10,927	3.80	1	+1
Other parties		10,257	3.56	0	0
	Party for the North	8,331	2.90	1	-1
	Forum for Democracy	7,018	2.44	1	-4
	50PLUS	4,140	1.44	0	-1
Total		287,760	100.00	43	–

Valid votes		287,760	99.52
Invalid/blank votes		1,389	0.48
Total votes		289,149	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		462,817	62.48
Source: Kiesraad^[1]

↑ "Uitslagen Provinciale Statenverkiezingen 2023" (in Dutch). Verkiezingsuitslagen. Retrieved 19 July 2026.